Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin |
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... sire , it is not " & c . It is small , very small indeed . ANNE BOLEYN ( 1507-36 ) wife of Henry VIII - Last words , just before being beheaded , alluding to her neck , which she clasped with her hands when speaking . It is still our ...
... sire , it is not " & c . It is small , very small indeed . ANNE BOLEYN ( 1507-36 ) wife of Henry VIII - Last words , just before being beheaded , alluding to her neck , which she clasped with her hands when speaking . It is still our ...
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... sire Thee to have mercy on me . MATTHEW TINDAL ( 1657-1733 ) -Last words . Oh , better ! ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL ( 1833-99 ) —Last words , in reply to his wife's inquiry as to how he felt . Oh , don't let the awkward squad fire over me ...
... sire Thee to have mercy on me . MATTHEW TINDAL ( 1657-1733 ) -Last words . Oh , better ! ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL ( 1833-99 ) —Last words , in reply to his wife's inquiry as to how he felt . Oh , don't let the awkward squad fire over me ...
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... sire , la pluie de Marly ne mouille pas . ( Ah ! sire , the rain at Marly does not wet anyone . ) Said by the CARDINAL DE POLIGNAC ( 1661-1741 ) to LOUIS XIV ( 1638-1715 ) Ah , sire , qu'est - ce qui n'a pas soixante ans ? ( Ah , sire ...
... sire , la pluie de Marly ne mouille pas . ( Ah ! sire , the rain at Marly does not wet anyone . ) Said by the CARDINAL DE POLIGNAC ( 1661-1741 ) to LOUIS XIV ( 1638-1715 ) Ah , sire , qu'est - ce qui n'a pas soixante ans ? ( Ah , sire ...
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... Sire , faites la paix pour la France , moi je meurs . ( In the name of God , Sire , make peace for France , I am dying . ) Revue des Deux Mondes , April 15 , 1857 , p . 904 . Dying words of MARSHAL LANNES , duc de Montebello ( 1769-1809 ) ...
... Sire , faites la paix pour la France , moi je meurs . ( In the name of God , Sire , make peace for France , I am dying . ) Revue des Deux Mondes , April 15 , 1857 , p . 904 . Dying words of MARSHAL LANNES , duc de Montebello ( 1769-1809 ) ...
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... King Henry III , wishing to save him from the Leaguers , visited him in his prison to persuade him to be converted . " Sire , " replied Palissy , vous m'avez dit plusieurs ་ ་ fois que vous aviez pitié de moi , mais , FRENCH SAYINGS 89.
... King Henry III , wishing to save him from the Leaguers , visited him in his prison to persuade him to be converted . " Sire , " replied Palissy , vous m'avez dit plusieurs ་ ་ fois que vous aviez pitié de moi , mais , FRENCH SAYINGS 89.
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ABBÉ alluding asked Attributed battle BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl bien Biog c'est Cæsar CARDINAL Chamber of Deputies Charles COMTE death Dict Dieu Diogenes Laertius DUKE OF WELLINGTON Dying words Earl of Beaconsfield EDMUND BURKE Emperor enemy Engl England fait faut femme Français France French grand HENRY Hist homme honour House of Commons Hume j'ai jamais JOHN June king Last words Le Moniteur universel letter liberty Lives Lord LOUIS XIV Madam Mémoires MIRABEAU Molière Moniteur mort mourir n'est NAPOLEON nation never Paris Parliament Phocion phrase Plutarch PRESIDENT PRINCE BISMARCK Prussian qu'il qu'on Queen quoted referring Reichstag remark reply rien saying Sire soldiers speech Suetonius thou tion tout Voltaire W. E. GLADSTONE WELLINGTON 1769 WILLIAM γὰρ δὲ καὶ μὲν μὴ οὐ οὐκ τὴν τὸ Τὸν τοὺς